Sustainable buildings: how low carbon design saves more, and costs less

I put it up on the ledge by our side door so people can see it from the road.

Braided twine doily/place mat.A bowl made from twine and white glue..

Sustainable buildings: how low carbon design saves more, and costs less

This one turned out so well and was so easy to do.I really should make like 50 more of these.. DIY storage bin made from a cardboard box.with twine to give it a baskety look.. Twine-wrapped trash can.

Sustainable buildings: how low carbon design saves more, and costs less

Newspaper, tape, and twine Easter bunny..I went a little twine crazy at Easter this year.

Sustainable buildings: how low carbon design saves more, and costs less

It was awesome..

Newspaper, tape, and twine Easter decor carrots.. OK. It’s official.This style of cornice needs three strips of fabric.

They give you suggestions for how wide you should cut your strips, depending on the weight of your fabric.I was using a medium weight cotton drapery fabric and I cut all three strips to 9″ wide, with plenty of length just in case I messed up.

I later learned that this is pretty hard to mess up though!.The cornice kit that I was using had a 9″ drop (height) total, but they also come in chunkier sizes with 12″ and 15″ drops, so you’d cut wider strips for those sizes.. All I had to do was lay my fabric over the cornice and use the tuck tool to push it into the cracks on the front and the back to secure it in place!